GRE Word List
EMETIC
an agent that induces vomiting
The meaning of the word emetic is an agent that induces vomiting.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| nullify | to make null (see null |